You can upgrade an evaluation installation to a licensed installation using the License Tool (LicenseTool.jar) provided in the product installation directory.

The License Tool has the following limitations:
  • The License Tool does not support OEM control numbers. Therefore, it cannot be used for OEM installations. To upgrade an OEM installation, rerun the installer program.
  • The License Tool does not support upgrading installations of the already licensed drivers. For example, it cannot be used to upgrade a 5-CPU license to a 10-CPU license. For this type of upgrade, rerun the installer program.
  • When you provide a control number that licenses multiple drivers, the License Tool automatically upgrades licenses for all the corresponding drivers. It does not allow you to upgrade a subset of the drivers that are enabled by the control number.
  • The License Tool directly upgrades the license information contained within the driver jar files. Therefore, if you rerun the installer after using the License Tool, it may not reflect the changes and continue to show the licensed drivers as evaluation drivers.

To upgrade an evaluation installation to a licensed installation using the License Tool:

Important: The driver jar files must not be in use during the upgrade.
Important: For workstation control numbers, the Java process requires administrative rights in the Windows operating system.
  1. At a command prompt, change to the product installation directory.
  2. Type one of the following commands; then, press ENTER.
    • If you want to provide the control number at a later stage in the process, type the following command.
      java -jar LicenseTool.jar -d install_dir
 -type EVAL2LIC
    • If you want to provide the control number now, type the following command. 
      java -jar LicenseTool.jar -d install_dir
 -k control_number -type EVAL2LIC

    where:

    install_dir
    specifies your product installation directory.
    control_number
    is the control number that was provided by Progress DataDirect.
  3. Follow the prompts to upgrade your license.
After completing the prompts, a summary of the licensing process appears. It shows if the drivers have been upgraded successfully. If an error occurs during the licensing process, the details of the error are displayed in the summary.

The details of the licensing process are also recorded in the log file. The path of the log file is displayed in the command prompt immediately after you enter one of the commands discussed in the procedure.

Format of the log file path:
install_dir/install/logs/licensetoollogs/
licensing_Process_DD_MM_YYYY_HH_MM_SS.log

Generally, the License Tool creates the log file in the product installation directory. However, if an error occurs while creating the log file, it creates the log file in the user temp directory.

Along with upgrading installations, the License Tool can also be used for displaying licensing information of an existing driver installation.

To display the licensing information of an existing driver installation using the License Tool:
  1. At a command prompt, change to the product installation directory.
  2. Type the following command.
    java -jar LicenseTool.jar -d install_dir -list
  3. Press ENTER.